Subject: [Tweeters] Shrike
Date: Oct 22 14:00:18 2006
From: Michael Brown - borealis at seanet.com
On Friday a Northern Shrike made a brief appearance as I was leaving work. I
work at Riverside Elementary in the Puyallup School District, and as I
approached my car I noticed a bird across the road perched on a utility
wire, sort of between the soccer complex parking lot and the home of a
retired farmer named John Sasaki. Its profile and grey coloration
immediately got my attention. It quickly flew down to a perch closer to the
ground, then back up to a different wire. It sat there long enough for me to
get my 'nocs on it. Sure enough, a Northern Shrike. It then flew off to the
south. I haven't seen it since.
This is a rare sighting for me. I think I've seen no more than four or five
total in my life.
Michael Brown
Puyallup, Washington
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